Rationalize Your App Portfolio

Rationalize Your Application Portfolio establishes a program and record of applications used in your organization, an assessment of how well they are supporting their core functions, and guidance on where modernization efforts are needed. The dashboards help support conversations and improve IT planning and product management. This blueprint will help you streamline and rationalize application portfolio management by following our four-phase methodology: Lay Your Foundations, Improve Your Inventory, Rationalize Your Applications, and Populate Your Roadmap.

When organizations consider application oversight a low priority and app portfolio knowledge is poor:

• No dedicated or centralized effort to manage the app portfolio means no single source of truth is available to support informed decision-making.
• Organizations acquire more applications over time, creating redundancy, waste, and the need for additional support.
• Organizations are more vulnerable to changing markets. Flexibility and growth are compromised when applications are unadaptable or cannot scale.